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HIS 101 Study Guide #5: Spielvogel, Chapters 8­10 Professor Linda Bregstein Scherr Chapter 8, European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750­1000 Terms for Identification (approximate date, significance, country, identity, contribution, and description, as appropriate) Charlemagne Treaty of Verdun Hugh Capet “Carolingian renaissance” Battle of Lechfield Otto I Einhard Vikings Orthodox Christianity Missi dominici Lords and Vassals Umayyad Alcuin of York Feudalism Abassid Aachen Manoralism Avicenna Study Questions: 1. Charlemagne = Carolus Magnus in Latin or Charles the Great. What was so great about Charles? Outline the ways Charlemagne was and was not effectively able to administer his empire. What does this say about his leadership ability? 2. What is the Carolingian Renaissance? What was the significance for subsequent Western European civilization of Charlemagne's interest in education and classical learning? 3. Describe the systems known as feudalism and manorialism. Show how they responded to and attempted to solve the social problems of their day. In what ways did these systems succeed and in what ways did they fail? 4. Compare Islamic civilization to the civilization of western Europe in the 9 th ­10 th centuries. Why was it superior? How did they mutually affect one another? Chapter 9, The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages Terms for Identification Three­field System Universities Chanson de Geste Craft Guilds Scholasticism Romanesque Eleanor of Aquitaine Thomas Aquinas Gothic Study Questions: 1. Discuss some of the most important elements in the agricultural and economic recovery of Europe during the High Middle Ages. Give examples of significant inventions or practices and how they stimulated production. How was town growth affected by agricultural development? 2. Discuss the life of a medieval peasant family, including work and non­work experiences. How did most Europeans live and what were the material factors shaping their behavior at the village level? 3. Compare and contrast the effects of the agricultural revolution in the Neolithic period with the effects of the mini­agricultural revolution in the Middle Ages. 4. What were the causes and what were the consequences of the development of the early medieval universities? 5. Describe the major characteristics of Romanesque and Gothic architecture. What can historians learn about Christian spirituality from the cathedrals?
Chapter 10, The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power Terms for Identification The Norman Conquest Frederick Barbarossa Pilgrimages and relics Domesday Book The Mongols Saint Francis of Assisi Thomas Becket Lay Investiture Dominicans Magna Carta Pope Gregory VII Cathars/Albigensians Parliament Papal Monarchy Pope Urban II Capetian Monarchy Pope Innocent III The Crusades Philip II Augustus Inquisition Saladin Holy Roman Empire Cistercians Study Questions: 1. Compare the political developments in France and England with the Holy Roman Empire and Italy. How were the rulers of England and France able to lay the foundations for centralized states while the Holy Roman Emperors were not? 2. The papacy underwent dramatic reforms and modifications in medieval times. How did this institution change at this time? What powers did it gain? What powers or influence did it lose? 3. What were the chief spiritual aims of the Catholic mendicant orders? Why were these Orders needed, and what did they accomplish? How did the means they chose to reach these spiritual goals affect European society and politics especially in cities? 4. What factors explain the Crusades? Who participated in the Crusades? Evaluate the successes and failures of the Crusades.